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Date:      Tue, 18 Jan 2011 18:11:13 +0100
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to adjust man page line length
Message-ID:  <xeia7he29lxq.fsf@kobe.laptop>
In-Reply-To: <20110118034037.GF90952@weller-fahy.com> (David J. Weller-Fahy's message of "Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:40:38 -0600")
References:  <20110118034037.GF90952@weller-fahy.com>

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On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:40:38 -0600, "David J. Weller-Fahy" <dave-lists-freebsd-questions@weller-fahy.com> wrote:
> To expand on the question in the subject: How does one tell `man` not to
> automatically format man pages to 80 columns?  I'm looking for a fairly
> easy way to do this, or confirmation it would involve internal
> gymnastics I may not be willing to perform.

Set the 'columns' attribute of your tty:

    stty columns 60
    man xxx

This should do it.


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